Tasman's Psychiatry 5th Edition (6-Volume Set)

Tasman’s Psychiatry – 5th Edition, Six-Volume Set

Tasman’s Psychiatry, 5th Edition is a comprehensive six-volume reference covering the scientific, clinical, psychological, social and cultural dimensions of psychiatry. It is designed as an accessible learning resource and authoritative clinical reference for readers at every level of psychiatric experience.

Led by editors Allan Tasman and Michelle B. Riba, the set brings together more than 500 internationally recognised editors and chapter authors. Most chapters include expertise from contributors in different countries or continents, providing a genuinely global perspective on mental health and psychiatric care.

The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded with nearly 40 new chapters. It gives significantly greater attention to cultural influences in psychiatric evaluation and treatment and introduces new sections on digital mental-health technologies, treatment in specialised populations and settings, prevention, systems of care and psychosocial treatment.

Key Features

• Complete six-volume reference covering the entire field of psychiatry
• Written and edited by more than 500 international specialists
• Integrated biological, psychological, social and cultural approach
• Completely updated and expanded fifth edition
• Includes nearly 40 new chapters
• Greater emphasis on culture in assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• New coverage of digital mental-health services and technologies
• Updated treatment guidance for specialised populations and settings
• Expanded sections on prevention and systems of mental-healthcare
• Comprehensive coverage of psychosocial and biological treatments
• International perspectives throughout the reference
• Suitable for both learning and point-of-care consultation

Major Areas Covered

• Foundations and history of psychiatry
• Neuroscience and behavioural genetics
• Psychological development and human behaviour
• Psychiatric interview and mental-status examination
• Diagnostic assessment and classification
• Psychopharmacology
• Psychodynamic, behavioural and cognitive therapies
• Digital mental-health services
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Adult and geriatric psychiatry
• Consultation-liaison psychiatry
• Emergency and forensic psychiatry
• Cultural and global psychiatry
• Community psychiatry and systems of care
• Prevention and psychosocial treatment
• Research methods and clinical ethics

Psychiatric Conditions Covered

• Depressive and bipolar disorders
• Anxiety and fear-related disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
• Trauma- and stress-related disorders
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Personality disorders
• Substance-use and addictive disorders
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Eating and feeding disorders
• Sleep-wake disorders
• Sexual and gender-related clinical concerns
• Neurocognitive disorders, dementia and delirium
• Somatic symptom and dissociative disorders
• Psychiatric emergencies and suicidal behaviour

Recommended For

• Consultant psychiatrists
• MD and FCPS Psychiatry trainees
• MRCPsych examination candidates
• Psychiatric residents and fellows
• Clinical psychologists
• Mental-health researchers
• Psychiatric nurses and social workers
• Counsellors and psychotherapists
• Medical teachers and academic departments
• Hospitals and institutional medical libraries

Book Information

Buy Tasman’s Psychiatry in Bangladesh

Order the original Tasman’s Psychiatry 5th Edition, Complete 6-Volume Hardcover Set from Century Publishers. This comprehensive Springer reference is ideal for psychiatrists, postgraduate trainees, psychologists, researchers, teachers, hospitals and institutional medical libraries.

Century Publishers supplies original medical books throughout Bangladesh.